Stephen and Brian, who work for the Chicago Fire Department, are a pair of brothers who come from a family of firefighters. Stephen is the captain of the 17th Squad, the most powerful unit in the United States, while Brian is a rookie firefighter in the unit. Stephen inherited his father’s business and joined the firefighting industry, but due to the danger and instability of the job, his relationship with his wife Helen fell into trouble. Brian has a love and fear for firefighting because he witnessed his father Dennis being burned to death while fighting a fire when he was young. However, after many unsuccessful job searches, Brian returned to firefighting.
Soon after becoming teammates, brothers Stephen and Brian faced the greatest challenge of their lives. A series of arson cases occurred in Chicago, causing panic among the residents. Senior fire investigator Donno was ordered to investigate and asked Brian to assist in his efforts to arrest the serial arsonist who posed a threat to the city. As for Stephen, he continued to lead his team members to stand on the front line, going deep into the fire scene and bravely fighting the fire. However, after careful investigation, Donnu and others discovered that there was a shocking secret behind this series of arson cases...

芝加哥消防局 (CFD) 17 號消防車的兩名消防員是兄弟：哥哥史蒂芬「公牛」麥卡弗里中尉經驗豐富，而布萊恩則一直在哥哥的陰影下工作。在從事了幾份職業後，布萊恩重返消防行業，儘管史蒂芬懷疑布萊恩是否適合當消防員。 1971 年，布萊恩在陪同消防員父親丹尼斯·麥卡弗里上尉執行任務時目睹了他去世。
17 號引擎上服役時間最長的人是約翰·“斧頭”·阿德考克斯 (John ”Axe” Adcox)，他在麥卡弗里的父親手下服役，在父親去世後，他就像孩子們的叔叔一樣。阿德考克斯對史蒂芬的非傳統方法和對安全程序的漠視越來越感到擔憂，史蒂芬的妻子海倫也同樣如此，她與史蒂芬分居，以保護自己和他們的兒子肖恩免受風險。
督察唐納德「影子」里姆蓋爾是一名專職縱火案調查員，也是一名經驗豐富的消防員，他被叫來調查，因為最近發生的一些爆炸性火災與被監禁多年的縱火狂羅納德巴特爾 (Ronald Bartel) 所引發的火災相似。在與史蒂芬發生爭執後，布萊恩轉而成為里姆蓋爾的助手。里姆蓋爾利用巴特爾對火的痴迷，確保他的年度假釋申請被拒絕。調查顯示，芝加哥市議員馬蒂·斯韋扎克 (Marty Swayzak) 支持削減 CFD 的預算。承包商付錢給他，讓他關閉消防站，以便將其改建成社區中心，而承包商還能從建設中獲得回扣。布萊恩與斯威扎克的助手珍妮佛維特庫斯重燃愛火。
當 17 號消防車在高層建築中接到電話時，儘管阿德考克斯建議等待支援，史蒂芬還是敦促他們迅速​​進入。布萊恩的朋友兼實習同事蒂姆·克里茲明斯基打開了一扇門，引發了回火。他的臉被燒得面目全非，幾乎要沒命了。 Adcox 和 Brian 都對 Stephen 的行為表示譴責。透過實驗，里姆蓋爾得出結論，無論是誰引發了火災，都不希望火勢蔓延，因此產生了回火。
在得知斯威扎克與三名吸毒受害者（艾倫·西格雷夫、唐納德·科斯格羅夫和杰弗裡·霍爾科姆）的關係後，里姆蓋爾和布萊恩前往斯威扎克的家與他對峙，並阻止了一名蒙面男子準備放火燒毀住所。男子用手電筒攻擊他們，但肩膀被電源插座燒傷。里姆蓋爾將布萊恩和斯威扎克從房子中救了出來，但在爆炸中受傷。在醫院的病床上，里姆蓋爾要布萊恩去見巴特爾，巴特爾幫助布萊恩意識到，只有消防員才會如此小心，不讓回火失控。
布萊恩懷疑是史蒂芬，但發現阿德考克斯背上有一個電源插座形狀的燒傷痕跡。就在警報響起之前，他向史蒂芬透露了他的懷疑。當布萊恩意識到阿德考克斯聽到了他們的對話時，他借了一些防護裝備並跳上了 46 號卡車。在前往滅火的途中，他們的卡車在躲避一輛計程車後撞毀了。化工廠發生多重火災，史蒂芬就回火事件與阿德考克斯對峙。阿德考克斯承認，他放火殺死斯威扎克的同夥，因為斯威扎克從消防員的死亡中獲益並關閉了消防站。當爆炸摧毀他們所在的走道時，史蒂芬抓住了走道殘骸，並抓住了阿德考克斯的手。史蒂芬拒絕了阿德考克斯放開他的建議，並在走道上失去了控制。史蒂芬落在了下層走道上，而阿德考克斯則掉入火中身亡。布萊恩勇敢地與大火搏鬥，讓兩名消防員找到史蒂芬並將他帶到安全地帶。史蒂芬在去醫院的路上與布萊恩一同死去，他最後的請求是布萊恩不要透露阿德考克斯是兇手。
史蒂芬和阿德考克斯的葬禮結束後，布萊恩和里姆蓋爾在警方的幫助下，在新聞發布會上打斷了斯威扎克。里姆蓋爾就一項虛假的人力研究向斯威扎克提出質詢，該研究導致包括史蒂芬和阿德考克斯在內的幾名消防員死亡。他們還聲稱斯韋扎克策劃了 CFD 的縮減，摧毀了斯韋扎克的市長夢。儘管失去了父親和兄弟，布萊恩仍然繼續當一名消防員，繼承家族的消防傳統。

Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department (CFD) are brothers: the elder, Lieutenant Stephen ”Bull” McCaffrey, is experienced, while Brian has labored in his brother’s shadow. Brian returns to firefighting after several other careers falter, although Stephen has doubts that Brian is fit to be a firefighter. In 1971, Brian witnessed the death of their firefighting father, Captain Dennis McCaffrey, while accompanying him on a call.
The longest-serving of the men at Engine 17, John ”Axe” Adcox, served under the McCaffreys’ father and was like an uncle to the boys when their father died. Adcox grows concerned about Stephen’s unorthodox methods and disregard for safety procedures, as does Stephen’s wife Helen, who separated from Stephen to protect herself and their son Sean from the risks that was taking.
Inspector Donald ”Shadow” Rimgale, a dedicated arson investigator and veteran firefighter, is called in because some recent explosive fires resemble those that were set by pyromaniac Ronald Bartel, who has been imprisoned for years. Brian transfers to become Rimgale’s assistant after an argument with Stephen. Rimgale manipulates Bartel’s obsession with fire to ensure that his annual parole application is rejected. It is revealed during an investigation that Chicago City Council alderman Marty Swayzak has supported budget cuts to the CFD. Contractors have paid him to shut down firehouses so that they can be converted into community centers, with the contractors receiving kickbacks for the construction. Brian rekindles a relationship with Jennifer Vaitkus, an aide to Swayzak.
When Engine 17 answers a call in a high-rise, Stephen urges them to move in quickly, despite Adcox’s advice to wait for backup. Brian’s friend and fellow trainee Tim Krizminski opens a door, triggering a backdraft. His face is burned beyond recognition and he barely survives. Adcox and Brian both condemn Stephen for what happened. Through experiments, Rimgale concludes that whomever is causing the fires does not want the fires to spread, hence the backdrafts.
Rimgale and Brian go to Swayzak’s home to confront him after learning of his connection to the three backdraft victims (Alan Seagrave, Donald Cosgrove, and Jeffery Holcomb) and interrupt a masked man about to set the residence on fire. The man attacks them with a flashlight but is burned on his shoulder by an electrical socket. Rimgale saves Brian and Swayzak from the house but is injured in an explosion. In his hospital bed, Rimgale tells Brian to revisit Bartel, who helps Brian realize that only a firefighter would be so careful as to not let backdraft fires rage out of control.
Brian suspects Stephen but spots a burn in the shape of an electrical socket on Adcox’s back. He reveals his suspicions to Stephen just before an alarm. When Brian realizes that Adcox has heard their exchange, he jumps aboard Truck 46 after borrowing some turnout gear. On their way to the fire, their truck crashes after dodging a taxi. Stephen confronts Adcox about the backdrafts during a multiple-alarm fire at a chemical plant. Adcox admits that he set the fires to kill Swayzak’s associates because Swayzak benefited from firefighters’ deaths and closed down firehouses. When an explosion destroys the catwalk that they are on, Stephen grabs Adcox’s hand while hanging on to the remains of the catwalk. Stephen refuses Adcox’s advice to let go of him and loses his grip on the catwalk. Stephen lands on the lower catwalk, but Adcox dies when he falls into the fire. Brian bravely battles the fire, allowing two firefighters to reach Stephen and carry him to safety. Stephen dies with Brian by his side on the way to the hospital, with his final request that Brian not reveal Adcox to be the perpetrator.
After the funeral for Stephen and Adcox, Brian and Rimgale, with the help of the police, interrupt Swayzak at a press conference. Rimgale questions Swayzak on a fake manpower study that led to the deaths of several firemen including Stephen and Adcox. They also state that Swayzak engineered the downsizing of the CFD, destroying Swayzak’s mayoral ambitions. Brian continues as a firefighter, carrying on his family’s firefighting tradition, despite the loss of his father and brother.

1991

MA15+

3259190316096

Backdraft

Movie

Backdraft

1

2.20:1

132

United States

1991-05-24

1

4

Snap Case

~$7.99

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